CN117322037A

CN117322037A - Measurement method, terminal, network device, and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN117322037A
Application number: CN202380010669.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 胡子泉; 陶旭华
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2023-08-17
Filing date: 2023-08-17
Publication date: 2023-12-29

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a measurement method, a terminal, a network device, and a storage medium, the method being performed by the terminal, comprising: and carrying out first measurement on the first measurement object by adopting a first delay parameter to obtain a first measurement result, wherein the first delay parameter is used for indicating and measuring the delay requirement of the first measurement object, and the delay requirement indicated by the first delay parameter is smaller than the delay requirement agreed by a communication protocol. In the above embodiment, a scheme for measuring a measurement object is provided, where when a first measurement object is measured according to a time delay parameter smaller than a time delay requirement agreed by a communication protocol, the time delay requirement when the first measurement object is measured can be effectively reduced, so that the measurement efficiency is improved, and the communication reliability is ensured.

Description

Measurement method, terminal, network device, and storage medium

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular, to a measurement method, a terminal, a network device, and a storage medium.

Background

With the rapid development of mobile communication technology, a terminal can measure a newly detected cell to obtain a measurement result, and the time delay of the terminal when measuring the cell is affected by various conditions.

Disclosure of Invention

The method solves the problem of long measurement delay requirement, ensures that when the first measurement object is measured according to the delay parameter smaller than the delay requirement agreed by the communication protocol, the delay requirement when the first measurement object is measured can be effectively reduced, further improves the measurement efficiency, and ensures the communication reliability.

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a measurement method, a terminal, network equipment and a storage medium.

According to a first aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a measurement method is presented, the method comprising:

and carrying out first measurement on the first measurement object by adopting a first delay parameter to obtain a first measurement result, wherein the first delay parameter is used for indicating and measuring the delay requirement of the first measurement object, and the delay requirement indicated by the first delay parameter is smaller than the delay requirement agreed by a communication protocol.

According to a second aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a measurement method, the method comprising:

and receiving a first measurement result sent by a terminal, wherein the first measurement result is obtained by the terminal performing first measurement on a first measurement object by adopting a first delay parameter, the first delay parameter is used for indicating and measuring the delay requirement of the first measurement object, and the delay requirement indicated by the first delay parameter is smaller than the delay requirement agreed by a communication protocol.

According to a third aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, a measurement method is presented, the method comprising:

the terminal adopts a first delay parameter to carry out first measurement on a first measurement object to obtain a first measurement result, wherein the first delay parameter is used for indicating and measuring the delay requirement of the first measurement object, and the delay requirement indicated by the first delay parameter is smaller than the delay requirement agreed by a communication protocol;

the network device receives the first measurement result.

According to a fourth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a terminal, including:

the processing module is used for carrying out first measurement on a first measurement object by adopting a first delay parameter to obtain a first measurement result, wherein the first delay parameter is used for indicating and measuring the delay requirement of the first measurement object, and the delay requirement indicated by the first delay parameter is smaller than the delay requirement agreed by a communication protocol.

According to a fifth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a network device, comprising:

the receiving and transmitting module is used for receiving a first measurement result sent by the terminal, the first measurement result is obtained by the terminal through first measurement of a first measurement object by adopting a first delay parameter, the first delay parameter is used for indicating and measuring the delay requirement of the first measurement object, and the delay requirement indicated by the first delay parameter is smaller than the delay requirement agreed by a communication protocol.

According to a sixth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a terminal, including:

one or more processors;

wherein the terminal is configured to perform the method of any one of the first aspects.

According to a seventh aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a network device, including:

one or more processors;

wherein the terminal is configured to perform the method of any one of the second aspects.

According to an eighth aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a communication system including:

a terminal configured to implement the measurement method according to the first aspect, and a network device configured to implement the measurement method according to the second aspect.

According to a ninth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a storage medium is presented, the storage medium storing instructions that, when run on a communication device, cause the communication device to perform the method of any one of the first or second aspects.

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The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of embodiments of the disclosure, illustrate and explain the exemplary embodiments of the disclosure and together with the description serve to explain the embodiments of the disclosure and do not constitute an undue limitation on the embodiments of the disclosure. In the drawings:

Fig. 1A is a schematic architecture diagram of a communication system shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 1B is a schematic diagram of a process of measurement shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is an interactive schematic diagram of a measurement method shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3A is a flow diagram of a measurement method shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3B is a flow diagram of a measurement method shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4A is a flow diagram of a measurement method shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4B is a flow diagram of a measurement method shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a flow diagram of a measurement method shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a flow diagram of a measurement method shown in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 7A is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 7B is a schematic structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 8A is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 8B is a schematic structural diagram of a chip according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

Detailed Description

The present disclosure provides a measurement method, a terminal, and a storage medium.

In a first aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a measurement method, the method comprising:

In the above embodiment, a scheme for measuring a measurement object is provided, where when a first measurement object is measured according to a time delay parameter smaller than a time delay requirement agreed by a communication protocol, the time delay requirement when the first measurement object is measured can be effectively reduced, so that the measurement efficiency is improved, and the communication reliability is ensured.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first delay parameter includes a delay parameter employed by a different process of making the first measurement on the first measurement object.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first delay parameter is determined based on at least one of a first beam scanning number and a first sampling point number.

In the above embodiment, the first delay parameter is determined based on the first beam scanning number and the first sampling point number, so that the delay requirement is reduced by adjusting at least one of the beam scanning number and the first sampling point number, and further the measurement efficiency is improved, and the communication reliability is ensured.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the method further includes:

the first beam scanning number comprises the beam scanning number adopted in different processes of carrying out first measurement on the first measurement object; and/or the first sampling point number comprises the sampling point number adopted by different processes for carrying out first measurement on the first measurement object.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, a delay requirement determined according to a number of beam scans adopted in a first process and a number of sampling points adopted in the first process in performing first measurement on the first measurement object is smaller than a delay requirement agreed by a communication protocol corresponding to the first process.

In the above embodiment, the delay requirement determined by the beam scanning number and the corresponding sampling number adopted in the first process is determined to be smaller than the delay requirement agreed by the communication protocol, so that the determined delay requirement is reduced, the measurement efficiency is further improved, and the communication reliability is ensured.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the performing, with the first delay parameter, a first measurement on the first measurement object to obtain a first measurement result includes:

When the second measurement result meets a first condition, performing first measurement on the first measurement object by adopting the first delay parameter to obtain the first measurement result; the second measurement result refers to a measurement result of performing a second measurement on the first cell by using a second delay parameter before performing a first measurement on the first measurement object.

In the above embodiment, under the condition that the measurement result meets the first condition, the first delay parameter is determined to be adopted to measure the first measurement object, so that the measurement result is not affected, the accuracy of the measurement result obtained by measurement is further ensured, and the delay requirement of measurement is effectively reduced.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first condition corresponds to the first delay parameter.

In the above embodiment, the delay parameter is determined according to the first condition, so that the accuracy of the determined delay parameter is ensured, the delay requirement is further reduced, and the reliability of measurement is ensured.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first delay parameter is determined based on the first number of sampling points, and the first condition corresponds to the first number of sampling points.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first condition includes:

and the signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of the measurement result obtained by measuring the first measurement object is not smaller than the SINR threshold.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the making the first measurement on the first measurement object includes at least one of:

measurement of PSS/SSS synchronization;

acquiring measurement of SSB indexes;

measurement of neighbor cells.

and sending first information to the network equipment, wherein the first information is used for indicating the terminal to support first capability, and the first capability is to reduce the time delay requirement for measuring the first measurement object.

In a second aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a measurement method, the method comprising:

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first number of beam scans includes a number of beam scans taken by different processes of making a first measurement on the first measurement object; and/or the first sampling point number comprises the sampling point number adopted by different processes for carrying out first measurement on the first measurement object.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, when the second measurement result meets a first condition, the first measurement result is obtained by performing a first measurement on the first measurement object using the first delay parameter; the second measurement result refers to a measurement result of performing a second measurement on the first cell by using a second delay parameter before performing a first measurement on the first measurement object.

measurement of PSS/SSS synchronization;

acquiring measurement of SSB indexes;

measurement of neighbor cells.

and receiving first information sent by the terminal, wherein the first information is used for indicating the terminal to support first capability, and the first capability is to reduce the time delay requirement of measuring the first measuring object.

In a third aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a measurement method, the method comprising:

the network device receives the first measurement result.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a terminal, where the terminal includes at least one of a transceiver module and a processing module; wherein the terminal is configured to perform the optional implementation manners of the first aspect and the third aspect.

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a network device, where the network device includes at least one of a transceiver module and a processing module; wherein the access network device is configured to perform the optional implementation manners of the second aspect and the third aspect.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a terminal, including:

one or more processors;

wherein the terminal is configured to perform the method of any one of the first aspect and the third aspect.

In a seventh aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a network device, including:

one or more processors;

Wherein the network device is configured to perform the method of any one of the second and third aspects.

In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a storage medium storing first information, which when run on a communication device, causes the communication device to perform the method according to any one of the first, second and third aspects.

In a ninth aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure propose a program product which, when executed by a communication device, causes the communication device to perform the method according to any one of the first, second and third aspects.

In a tenth aspect, the presently disclosed embodiments propose a computer program which, when run on a communication device, causes the communication device to perform the method according to any of the first, second and third aspects.

In an eleventh aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a chip or chip system. The chip or chip system comprises processing circuitry configured to perform the method of any of the first, second and third aspects.

It will be appreciated that the above-described terminal, storage medium, program product, computer program, chip or chip system are all adapted to perform the methods set forth in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Therefore, the advantages achieved by the method can be referred to as the advantages of the corresponding method, and will not be described herein.

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a measurement method, a terminal, network equipment and a storage medium. In some embodiments, terms such as a measurement method and an information processing method, a measurement method, and the like may be replaced with each other, terms such as a communication device and an information processing device, an indicating device, and the like may be replaced with each other, and terms such as an information processing system, a communication system, and the like may be replaced with each other.

The embodiments of the present disclosure are not intended to be exhaustive, but rather are exemplary of some embodiments and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure. In the case of no contradiction, each step in a certain embodiment may be implemented as an independent embodiment, and the steps may be arbitrarily combined, for example, a scheme in which part of the steps are removed in a certain embodiment may also be implemented as an independent embodiment, the order of the steps in a certain embodiment may be arbitrarily exchanged, and further, alternative implementations in a certain embodiment may be arbitrarily combined; furthermore, various embodiments may be arbitrarily combined, for example, some or all steps of different embodiments may be arbitrarily combined, and an embodiment may be arbitrarily combined with alternative implementations of other embodiments.

In the various embodiments of the disclosure, terms and/or descriptions of the various embodiments are consistent throughout the various embodiments and may be referenced to each other in the absence of any particular explanation or logic conflict, and features from different embodiments may be combined to form new embodiments in accordance with their inherent logic relationships.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure.

In the presently disclosed embodiments, elements that are referred to in the singular, such as "a," "an," "the," "said," etc., may mean "one and only one," or "one or more," "at least one," etc., unless otherwise indicated. For example, where an article (article) is used in translation, such as "a," "an," "the," etc., in english, a noun following the article may be understood as a singular expression or as a plural expression.

In the presently disclosed embodiments, "plurality" refers to two or more.

In some embodiments, terms such as "at least one of", "one or more of", "multiple of" and the like may be substituted for each other.

In some embodiments, "A, B at least one of", "a and/or B", "in one case a, in another case B", "in response to one case a", "in response to another case B", and the like, may include the following technical solutions according to circumstances: in some embodiments a (a is performed independently of B); b (B is performed independently of a) in some embodiments; in some embodiments, execution is selected from a and B (a and B are selectively executed); in some embodiments a and B (both a and B are performed). Similar to that described above when there are more branches such as A, B, C.

In some embodiments, the description modes such as "a or B" may include the following technical schemes according to circumstances: in some embodiments a (a is performed independently of B); b (B is performed independently of a) in some embodiments; in some embodiments execution is selected from a and B (a and B are selectively executed). Similar to that described above when there are more branches such as A, B, C.

The prefix words "first", "second", etc. in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only for distinguishing different description objects, and do not limit the location, order, priority, number, content, etc. of the description objects, and the statement of the description object refers to the claims or the description of the embodiment context, and should not constitute unnecessary limitations due to the use of the prefix words. For example, if the description object is a "field", the ordinal words before the "field" in the "first field" and the "second field" do not limit the position or the order between the "fields", and the "first" and the "second" do not limit whether the "fields" modified by the "first" and the "second" are in the same message or not. For another example, describing an object as "level", ordinal words preceding "level" in "first level" and "second level" do not limit priority between "levels". As another example, the number of descriptive objects is not limited by ordinal words, and may be one or more, taking "first device" as an example, where the number of "devices" may be one or more. Furthermore, objects modified by different prefix words may be the same or different, e.g., the description object is "a device", then "a first device" and "a second device" may be the same device or different devices, and the types may be the same or different; for another example, the description object is "information", and the "first information" and the "second information" may be the same information or different information, and the contents thereof may be the same or different.

In some embodiments, "comprising a", "containing a", "for indicating a", "carrying a", may be interpreted as carrying a directly, or as indicating a indirectly.

In some embodiments, terms such as "time/frequency", "time-frequency domain", and the like refer to the time domain and/or the frequency domain.

In some embodiments, terms "responsive to … …", "responsive to determination … …", "in the case of … …", "at … …", "when … …", "if … …", "if … …", and the like may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, terms "greater than", "greater than or equal to", "not less than", "more than or equal to", "not less than", "above" and the like may be interchanged, and terms "less than", "less than or equal to", "not greater than", "less than or equal to", "not more than", "below", "lower than or equal to", "no higher than", "below" and the like may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, the apparatuses and devices may be interpreted as entities, or may be interpreted as virtual, and the names thereof are not limited to those described in the embodiments, and may also be interpreted as "device (apparatus)", "device)", "circuit", "network element", "node", "function", "unit", "component (section)", "system", "network", "chip system", "entity", "body", and the like in some cases.

In some embodiments, a "network" may be interpreted as an apparatus comprised in the network, e.g. an access network device, a core network device, etc.

In some embodiments, the "access network device (access network device, AN device)" may also be referred to as a "radio access network device (radio access network device, RAN device)", "Base Station (BS)", "radio base station (radio base station)", "fixed station (fixed station)", and in some embodiments may also be referred to as a "node)", "access point (access point)", "transmission point (transmission point, TP)", "Reception Point (RP)", "transmission and/or reception point (transmission/reception point), TRP)", "panel", "antenna array", "cell", "macrocell", "microcell", "femto cell", "pico cell", "sector", "cell group", "serving cell", "carrier", "component carrier (component carrier)", bandwidth part (BWP), etc.

In some embodiments, a "terminal" or "terminal device" may be referred to as a "user equipment" (terminal) "," user terminal "(MS)", "mobile station (MT)", subscriber station (subscriber station), mobile unit (mobile unit), subscriber unit (subscore unit), wireless unit (wireless unit), remote unit (remote unit), mobile device (mobile device), wireless device (wireless device), wireless communication device (wireless communication device), remote device (remote device), mobile subscriber station (mobile subscriber station), access terminal (access terminal), mobile terminal (mobile terminal), wireless terminal (wireless terminal), remote terminal (mobile terminal), handheld device (handset), user agent (user), mobile client (client), client, etc.

In some embodiments, the acquisition of data, information, etc. may comply with laws and regulations of the country of locale.

In some embodiments, data, information, etc. may be obtained after user consent is obtained.

Furthermore, each element, each row, or each column in the tables of the embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented as a separate embodiment, and any combination of elements, any rows, or any columns may also be implemented as a separate embodiment.

Fig. 1A is a schematic architecture diagram of a communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure, and as shown in fig. 1A, a method provided by an embodiment of the disclosure may be applied to a communication system 100, which may include a terminal 101 and a network device 102. It should be noted that, the communication system 100 may further include other devices, and the disclosure is not limited to the devices included in the communication system 100.

In some embodiments, the terminal 101 includes at least one of a mobile phone (mobile phone), a wearable device, an internet of things device, a communication enabled car, a smart car, a tablet (Pad), a wireless transceiver enabled computer, a Virtual Reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR) terminal device, a wireless terminal device in industrial control (industrial control), a wireless terminal device in unmanned (self-driving), a wireless terminal device in teleoperation (remote medical surgery), a wireless terminal device in smart grid (smart grid), a wireless terminal device in transportation security (transportation safety), a wireless terminal device in smart city (smart city), a wireless terminal device in smart home (smart home), for example, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the network device 102 may include at least one of an access network device and a core network device.

In some embodiments, the access network device is, for example, a node or device that accesses a terminal to a wireless network, and the access network device may include at least one of an evolved NodeB (eNB), a next generation evolved NodeB (next generation eNB, ng-eNB), a next generation NodeB (next generation NodeB, gNB), a NodeB (node B, NB), a Home NodeB (HNB), a home NodeB (home evolved nodeB, heNB), a wireless backhaul device, a radio network controller (radio network controller, RNC), a base station controller (base station controller, BSC), a base transceiver station (base transceiver station, BTS), a baseband unit (BBU), a mobile switching center, a base station in a 6G communication system, an Open base station (Open RAN), a Cloud base station (Cloud RAN), a base station in other communication systems, an access node in a Wi-Fi system, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the technical solutions of the present disclosure may be applied to an Open RAN architecture, where an access network device or an interface in an access network device according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may become an internal interface of the Open RAN, and flow and information interaction between these internal interfaces may be implemented by using software or a program.

In some embodiments, the access network device may be composed of a Central Unit (CU) and a Distributed Unit (DU), where the CU may also be referred to as a control unit (control unit), and the structure of the CU-DU may be used to split the protocol layers of the access network device, where functions of part of the protocol layers are centrally controlled by the CU, and functions of the rest of all the protocol layers are distributed in the DU, and the DU is centrally controlled by the CU, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the core network device may be a device, including one or more network elements, or may be a plurality of devices or a device group, including all or part of one or more network elements. The network element may be virtual or physical. The core network comprises, for example, at least one of an evolved packet core (Evolved Packet Core, EPC), a 5G core network (5G Core Network,5GCN), a next generation core (Next Generation Core, NGC).

It may be understood that, the communication system described in the embodiments of the present disclosure is for more clearly describing the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and is not limited to the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, and those skilled in the art can know that, with the evolution of the system architecture and the appearance of new service scenarios, the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure are applicable to similar technical problems.

The embodiments of the present disclosure described below may be applied to the communication system 100 shown in fig. 1A, or a part of the main body, but are not limited thereto. The respective bodies shown in fig. 1A are examples, and the communication system may include all or part of the bodies in fig. 1A, or may include other bodies than fig. 1A, and the number and form of the respective bodies may be arbitrary, and the respective bodies may be physical or virtual, and the connection relationship between the respective bodies is examples, and the respective bodies may not be connected or may be connected, and the connection may be arbitrary, direct connection or indirect connection, or wired connection or wireless connection.

The embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to long term evolution (Long Term Evolution, LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-a), LTE-Beyond (LTE-B), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, fourth generation mobile communication system (4th generation mobile communication system,4G)), fifth generation mobile communication system (5th generation mobile communication system,5G), 5G New air (New Radio, NR), future Radio access (Future Radio Access, FRA), new Radio access technology (New-Radio Access Technology, RAT), new Radio (New Radio, NR), new Radio access (New Radio access, NX), future generation Radio access (Future generation Radio access, FX), global System for Mobile communications (GSM (registered trademark)), CDMA2000, ultra mobile broadband (Ultra Mobile Broadband, UMB), IEEE 802.11 (registered trademark), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, ultra WideBand (Ultra-wide-width, UWB), bluetooth (Bl terminal tooth (registered trademark), mobile communication network (Public Land Mobile Network, device-D, device-M, device-D, device-Device (internet of things system), internet of things system (internet of things), and other systems (internet of things), extension methods for measuring, device (system of things, device-D-Device (2, device-D, device-M), etc. In addition, a plurality of system combinations (e.g., LTE or a combination of LTE-a and 5G, etc.) may be applied.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure may perform the measuring step when the terminal detects a new cell. Alternatively, the terminal newly detects a cell, three measurements may be performed. Alternatively, the three measurements are PSS/SSS synchronized measurements, SSB index acquisition measurements, and neighbor cell measurements, respectively. Optionally, the cell newly detected by the terminal is an NR neighbor cell.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 1B, the terminal performs measurements on the cells according to the following steps. The terminal newly detects an NR neighbor cell, the terminal executes a first step PSS/SSS synchronous measurement to obtain a first measurement result, then the terminal executes a second step to obtain an SSB index measurement to obtain a second measurement result, and finally executes a third step to obtain a third measurement result.

Alternatively, if the terminal is not instructed to report the RRM-based SSB measurement result and the associated SSB index, the network device instructs the terminal to acquire the SSB index from the other cell or to perform FR2 intra-f measurement.

Fig. 2 is an interactive schematic diagram of a measurement method shown according to an embodiment of the disclosure. As shown in fig. 2, an embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a measurement method, the method including:

in step S2101, the terminal transmits first information.

In some embodiments, a network device receives first information. Alternatively, it may be understood that the network device receives the first information sent by the terminal.

In some embodiments, the terminal sends the first information to the network device.

In some embodiments, the first information is used to instruct the terminal to support a first capability, where the first capability is to reduce a latency requirement for measuring the first measurement object. In some embodiments, the first capability may also be understood as measuring the first measurement object by reducing the latency parameter. In some embodiments, the first capability may also be understood as measuring the first measurement object with a delay parameter that is less than a delay requirement imposed by the communication protocol.

In some embodiments, the delay parameter is determined based on at least one of a number of beam scans, a number of sampling points. In some embodiments, the first information is used to indicate a maximum number of beam scans supported by the terminal, and/or the first information is used to indicate a maximum number of samples supported by the terminal. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first information may also be regarded as that the terminal supports the first capability by indicating the maximum beam scanning number and/or the maximum sampling number.

Optionally, the first information is used to indicate a maximum number of beam scans supported by the terminal. Or, the first information is used for indicating the maximum sampling number of the terminal supporting sampling. Or, the first information is used for indicating the maximum beam scanning number supported by the terminal and the maximum sampling number supported by the terminal.

In some embodiments, the maximum number of beam scans refers to the maximum number of beams that can be scanned when the terminal performs beam scanning. Alternatively, the maximum number of beam scans refers to the maximum number of beams that the terminal supports scanning. Alternatively, the terminal has the capability of performing the number of beam scans to the maximum number of beam scans.

In some embodiments, the maximum number of samples refers to the maximum number that can be sampled by the terminal at the time of sampling. Or, the maximum sampling number refers to the maximum number of sampling points when the terminal samples.

Optionally, the number of samples refers to the number of sample points required by the terminal to obtain a measurement result.

In some embodiments, the first information is a capability indication, which may be an enumeration type indication, or a bit indication. The maximum beam scanning number supported by the terminal or the maximum sampling number supported by the terminal is implicitly indicated through the capability indication. For example, the terminal sends first information, i.e. the number of beam scans agreed by the supporting protocol of the terminal, or the number of samples agreed by the protocol

In some embodiments, both the number of beam scans and the number of samples may have an impact on the delay in cell measurements made by the terminal. Optionally, the time delay refers to the number of MOs (Measurement Object, measurement objects) configured and the time period required to obtain a specific MO measurement result. Optionally, the MO number of the configuration is a scaling factor. Optionally, the scaling factor is a CSSF (Carrier Specific Scaling Factor, specific carrier scaling factor) parameter. Alternatively, the time required to acquire a particular MO measurement is related to the product of the number of beam scans and the number of sampling points. In this regard, it can also be seen that the delay is affected by the number of beam scans and the number of sampling points. In some embodiments, the smaller the number of beam scans, the lower the delay, and the larger the number of beam scans, the higher the delay.

Alternatively, the time delay requirement that the same frequency does not require a measurement interval is described as an example.

In some embodiments, the maximum value is taken from the first value and the second value as the latency requirement. Optionally, the first value is 600ms (milliseconds), 800ms, or other value. Optionally, the second value is a product of the third value, the fourth value and the scaling factor. The third value is a value rounded up based on a product of the delay parameter, the first parameter, the second parameter, and the third parameter. The fourth value is SMTC (SSB Measurement Timing Configuration ) period. In this case, the DRX (Discontinuous Reception ) cycle is 0.

In some embodiments, the maximum value is taken from the first value and the second value as the latency requirement. Optionally, the first value is 600ms (milliseconds), 800ms, or other value. Optionally, the second value is a product of the third value, the fourth value and the scaling factor. The third value is a value rounded up based on a product of the delay parameter, the first parameter, the second parameter, and the third parameter. The fourth value is the maximum of SMTC period and DRX cycle. Note that the DRX cycle in this case is less than 320ms.

In some embodiments, the latency requirement is a product of the third value, the fourth value, and the scaling factor. The third value is a value rounded up based on a product of the delay parameter, the first parameter, the second parameter, and the third parameter. The fourth value is DRX cycle. Note that the DRX cycle in this case is greater than 320ms.

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M _{pss/sss_sync_w/o_gaps} Is a time delay parameter. Wherein M is _{pss/sss_sync_w/o_gaps} :For a UE supporting FR2-1 power class1or 5,M _{pss/sss_sync_w/o_gaps} ＝40.For a UE supporting power class 2,M _{pss/sss_sync_w/o_gaps} ＝24.For a UE supporting FR2-1 power class 3,M _{pss/sss_sync_w/o_gaps} ＝24.For a UE supporting FR2-1 power class 4,M _{pss/sss_sync_w/o_gaps} ＝24.For a UE supporting FR2-2 power class 1,M _{pss/sss_sync_w/o_gaps} ＝60.For a UE supporting FR2-2 power class 2,M _{pss/sss_sync_w/o_gaps} ＝36.For a UE supporting FR2-2 power class 3,M _{pss/sss_sync_w/o_gaps} ＝36。

In some embodiments, the name of the first information is not limited. For example, a report instruction, a first instruction, capability information, etc.

In step S2102, the network device acquires first information.

In some embodiments, a network device receives first information. In some embodiments, the network device receives first information sent by the terminal. In some embodiments, the network device obtains the first information in other ways.

In some embodiments, a network device obtains first information specified by a protocol.

In some embodiments, the network device obtains the first information from a higher layer.

In some embodiments, the network device processes to obtain the first information.

In some embodiments, step S2102 is omitted, and the network device autonomously implements the function indicated by the first information, or the above-mentioned function is default or default.

In step S2103, the terminal performs a first measurement on the first measurement object by using the first delay parameter, to obtain a first measurement result.

In some embodiments, the first delay parameter is used to indicate a delay requirement for measuring the first measurement object.

In some embodiments, the first delay parameter indicates a delay requirement that is less than a delay requirement agreed upon by the communication protocol.

Further, in some embodiments, the first delay parameter is less than a delay parameter agreed upon by the communication protocol.

In some embodiments, the terminal making the first measurement on the first measurement object includes a different process. Optionally, performing the first measurement on the first measurement object includes at least one of:

measurement of PSS (Primary Synchronization Signal )/SSS (Secomdary Synchronization Signal, secondary synchronization signal) synchronization;

Acquiring measurement of SSB (Synchronization Signal/PBCH Block, synchronization signal Block) index;

measurement of neighbor cells.

In some embodiments, the first delay parameter comprises a delay parameter employed by a different process of making the first measurement on the first measurement object. For example, the first delay parameter includes a delay parameter of at least one of a PSS/SSS synchronized measurement procedure, an SSB index acquisition measurement procedure, and a neighbor cell measurement procedure. It can also be understood that the PSS/SSS synchronized measurement process corresponds to one delay parameter, the SSB index acquisition measurement process corresponds to one delay parameter, and the neighbor cell measurement process corresponds to one delay parameter.

In some embodiments, the time delay parameter employed by the different processes of making the first measurement on the first measurement object is the same. Or, the time delay parameters adopted by different processes of performing the first measurement on the first measurement object are different. For example, the different processes for performing the first measurement on the first measurement object may employ different delay parameters, including different delay parameters for at least two processes for performing the first measurement on the first measurement object.

In some embodiments, different power levels of the terminal correspond to different delay parameters. Alternatively, different power classes of the terminal correspond to the same delay parameter.

In some embodiments, the first delay parameter is determined based on at least one of a first number of beam scans, a first number of sampling points. Optionally, the first delay parameter is a product of the first beam scanning number and the first sampling point number.

In some embodiments, the first number of beam scans includes a number of beam scans employed by different processes of making the first measurement on the first measurement object; and/or the first sampling point number comprises the sampling point number adopted by different processes for carrying out the first measurement on the first measurement object.

Optionally, the first number of beam scans comprises a number of beam scans taken by different processes of making the first measurement on the first measurement object.

Optionally, the first number of sampling points includes a number of sampling points employed by different processes of making the first measurement on the first measurement object.

Optionally, the first beam scanning number includes a beam scanning number adopted by different processes of performing the first measurement on the first measurement object; and the first sampling point number comprises the sampling point number adopted by different processes for carrying out first measurement on the first measurement object.

In some embodiments, the delay requirement determined according to the number of beam scans adopted in the first process and the number of sampling points adopted in the first process in performing the first measurement on the first measurement object is smaller than the delay requirement agreed by the communication protocol corresponding to the first process.

Further, the foregoing embodiment may also be understood that the product of the number of beam scans adopted by the first process in the first measurement performed on the first measurement object and the number of sampling points adopted by the first process is smaller than the delay parameter agreed by the communication protocol corresponding to the first process.

In some embodiments, the terminal reduces the number of beam scans so that the delay requirement determined by the number of beam scans used in the first process and the number of sampling points used in the first process is less than the delay requirement agreed by the communication protocol corresponding to the first process.

In some embodiments, a product of a number of beam scans taken by a first process in performing a first measurement on the first measurement object and a number of sampling points taken by the first process is less than a latency parameter agreed by a communication protocol corresponding to the first process.

For example, the terminal performs measurement of PSS/SSS synchronization according to the communication protocol convention, and may use a specific number of beam scans to perform measurement in the subsequent SSB index acquisition (if any) and neighbor cell measurement process, that is, reduce the value of the parameter M;

For example, the terminal performs measurement of PSS/SSS synchronization and SSB index acquisition (if any) according to the communication protocol, and may use a specific number of beam scans to perform measurement in the subsequent neighbor cell measurement process, that is, reduce the value of the parameter M.

In some embodiments, the terminal reduces the number of beam scans used in the first process, so that the delay requirement determined by the number of beam scans used in the first process and the number of sampling points used in the first process is smaller than the delay requirement agreed by the communication protocol corresponding to the first process

It should be noted that the first process is one or more of the above three processes.

In some embodiments, when the second measurement result meets the first condition, performing first measurement on the first measurement object by adopting the first delay parameter to obtain a first measurement result; the second measurement result refers to a measurement result of performing a second measurement on the first cell by using a second delay parameter before performing the first measurement on the first measurement object.

In some embodiments, the first condition corresponds to a first delay parameter. It may be understood that the first delay parameter corresponding to the first condition is determined according to the first condition, and the first measurement object is measured by using the first delay parameter.

In some embodiments, the first delay parameter is determined based on a first number of sampling points, and the first condition corresponds to the first number of sampling points.

In some embodiments, the terminal scans the first measurement object by reducing the number of sampling points.

It should be noted that, in the first measurement of the first measurement object, the time delay requirement determined by the number of the first sampling points and the number of beam scanning adopted in the first process, which are determined according to the first condition corresponding to the first process, is smaller than the time delay requirement agreed by the communication protocol corresponding to the first process.

In some embodiments, the terminal scans the first measurement object by reducing the number of sampling points in the first process. The first conditions corresponding to the different processes may be the same or different.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the terminal determines the first delay parameter, that is, measures the first cell based on the determined first delay parameter, so as to obtain a first measurement result.

In some embodiments, the first delay parameter refers to a parameter sampled by the terminal when making cell measurements.

In some embodiments, the first delay parameter includes at least one of a number of beam scans, a number of sampling points.

Optionally, the first delay parameter includes a number of beam scans. Alternatively, the first delay parameter includes the number of sampling points. Alternatively, the first delay parameter includes a number of beam scans and a number of sampling points.

In some embodiments, the first delay parameter may be determined by the terminal itself, or configured by the network device, or agreed upon by the communication protocol.

In some embodiments, if the first delay parameter includes a beam scan number, the number of sampling points is a default value. Or if the first delay parameter comprises the number of sampling points, the number of beam scanning samples is a default value.

In some embodiments, the name of the first delay parameter is not limited. For example, measurement indicators, parameter indicators, etc.

In some embodiments, the first cell comprises a neighbor cell. The neighbor cell may be an NR neighbor cell, an LTE neighbor cell, or other neighbor cells, and the embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited.

In some embodiments, the terminal performs cell measurement based on FR2 (Frequency range 2). Alternatively, the frequency range of FR2 is 24GHz to 52GHz.

In some embodiments, RRM measurements in the FR2 band require that ultra-long delays be allowed, mainly because beam-based measurements need to take into account beam scanning issues.

In some embodiments, when the terminal measures the first cell according to the first delay parameter, the first delay parameter is also required.

Optionally, the number of beam scans is smaller than a first value, and the first value is used to indicate the maximum number of beam scans supported by the terminal.

Optionally, the maximum number of beam scans supported by the terminal may be also understood as the number of beam scans used by the terminal by default, and if the number of beam scans in the first delay parameter used by the terminal is smaller than the maximum number of beam scans, the delay reduction of the terminal for cell measurement may be determined.

Optionally, the first value is 2, 4, 6 or other values, which are not limited by embodiments of the disclosure.

Optionally, the number of sampling points is smaller than a second value, where the second value is used to indicate the maximum number of sampling points supported by the terminal.

Optionally, the maximum number of sampling points supported by the terminal may be also understood as the number of sampling points used by the terminal by default, and if the number of sampling points in the first delay parameter used by the terminal is smaller than the maximum number of sampling points, the delay reduction of the terminal for cell measurement may be determined.

Optionally, the second value is 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 or other values, which embodiments of the disclosure are not limited.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the measurement performed by the terminal on the first cell includes at least one of the following:

(1) Measurement of PSS/SSS synchronization.

(2) A measurement of the SSB index is obtained.

(3) Measurement of neighbor cells.

In some embodiments, the above three processes of the measurement of the first cell by the terminal are performed sequentially from front to back, which can be understood as the time delay of the measurement of the first cell by the terminal guarantees the time delay of the above three processes.

The different processes of measuring the first cell involve the number of beam scans and the number of sampling points, and for different measuring processes, there are different requirements on the number of beam scans and the number of sampling points used.

In some embodiments, the number of beam scans used by the terminal in different processes of measuring the first cell is different, or the number of beam scans used by the terminal in different processes of measuring the first cell is the same.

Optionally, the process of the terminal measuring the first cell includes the three processes, and the number of beam scans adopted by different processes of measuring the first cell is different. For example, the number of beam scans used by the terminal to perform the two procedures (1) and (2) is the same as the number of beam scans used by the procedure (3). For another example, the number of beam scans used by the terminal to perform the three processes (1), (2), and (3) is different.

Optionally, the process of the terminal measuring the first cell includes two of the three processes, and the number of beam scans adopted by different processes of measuring the first cell is different. For example, the number of beam scans employed by the terminal to perform the two procedures (1) and (2) is different. For another example, the number of beam scans employed by the terminal to perform the two procedures (2) and (3) is different. For another example, the number of beam scans employed by the terminal to perform the two procedures (1) and (3) is different.

Optionally, the process of measuring a cell by the terminal includes the three processes, and the number of beam scans adopted by different processes of measuring a first cell is the same. For example, the number of beam scans used by the terminal to perform the three processes (1), (2), and (3) is the same.

Optionally, the process of the terminal measuring the first cell includes two of the three processes, and the number of beam scans adopted by different processes of measuring the first cell is the same. For example, the number of beam scans used by the terminal to perform both processes (1) and (2) is the same. For another example, the number of beam scans used by the terminal to perform both processes (2) and (3) is the same. For another example, the number of beam scans used by the terminal to perform both processes (1) and (3) is the same.

In some embodiments, the number of beam scans corresponding to different procedures for the terminal of different power levels to measure the first cell is different. Or the number of beam scans corresponding to different processes of measuring the first cell by the terminals with different maximum transmitting powers is different.

In some embodiments, the number of beam scans measured by terminals of different power levels for the first cell is different. Or the number of beam scans measured by the terminals with different maximum transmitting powers on the first cell is different.

Optionally, the different power levels correspond to different maximum transmit powers supported by the terminal.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the case that the number of beam scans corresponding to different processes for measuring the first cell by the terminals with different power levels is different is taken as an example. In another embodiment, the number of beam scans corresponding to different processes of measuring the first cell by the terminals with different power levels is the same.

In some embodiments, the second measurement result of the reference signal obtained by the terminal measurement meets the boundary condition, and the first cell is measured according to the number of sampling points, so as to obtain the first measurement result.

Optionally, the boundary condition refers to a condition that the terminal determines the number of sampling points. In addition, the embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit the names of the boundary conditions. For example, sampling conditions, judgment conditions, and the like.

Optionally, the second measurement is earlier than the first measurement. It may also be understood that the terminal measures the first cell to obtain the second measurement result, and then measures the first cell to obtain the first measurement result.

In some embodiments, the first measurement result is the same as the second measurement result, that is, the terminal uses the number of sampling points to measure, so as to obtain a measurement result, and in the case that the measurement result meets the boundary condition, it is determined that the measurement result is valid (i.e., the first measurement result).

In some embodiments, the boundary condition refers to the signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio of the reference signal not being less than a signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio threshold. Optionally, the signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio threshold is set by the network device, or is agreed upon by the communication protocol, or is otherwise determined, and embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited.

For example, the signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio threshold is-6 dB, -4dB, or other value.

In some embodiments, if the second measurement result of the reference signal meets the boundary condition, the first cell is measured according to the number of sampling points corresponding to the boundary condition, so as to obtain the first measurement result.

Optionally, the boundary condition has a corresponding relation with the number of sampling points, if the terminal determines that the second measurement result of the reference signal meets the boundary condition, the number of sampling points corresponding to the boundary condition is obtained, and then the first cell is measured according to the number of sampling points.

In some embodiments, different procedures for measuring the first cell correspond to different boundary conditions.

Optionally, the process of measuring the first cell by the terminal includes the above three processes, and different processes of measuring the first cell correspond to different boundary conditions. For example, the boundary conditions used by the terminal to perform the two processes (1) (2) are the same as those used by the process (3). For another example, the boundary conditions used by the terminals to perform the three processes (1), (2), and (3) are all different.

Optionally, the process of measuring the first cell by the terminal includes two of the three processes, and different processes of measuring the first cell correspond to different boundary conditions. For example, the boundary conditions employed by the terminal to perform the two processes of (1) (2) are different. As another example, the boundary conditions employed by the terminal to perform the two processes (2) (3) are different. As another example, the boundary conditions employed by the terminal to perform the two processes of (1) (3) are different.

In some embodiments, different procedures for measuring the first cell correspond to the same boundary conditions.

Optionally, the process of measuring a cell by the terminal includes the above three processes, and different processes of measuring the first cell correspond to the same boundary condition. For example, the boundary conditions used by the terminals to perform the three processes (1), (2), and (3) are all the same.

Optionally, the process of measuring the first cell by the terminal includes two of the three processes, and the different processes of measuring the first cell correspond to the same boundary condition. For example, the boundary conditions employed by the terminal to perform both processes (1) (2) are the same. As another example, the boundary conditions employed by the terminal to perform both processes (2) (3) are the same. As another example, the boundary conditions employed by the terminal to perform both processes (1) (3) are the same.

In some embodiments, different boundary conditions correspond to different numbers of sampling points, or different boundary conditions correspond to the same number of sampling points.

In step S2104, the network device acquires a first measurement result.

In some embodiments, a network device receives a first measurement. In some embodiments, the network device receives the measurement results sent by the terminal.

In some embodiments, the network device determines a delay in the measurement of the first cell by the terminal, and receives the first measurement result according to the determined delay.

In some embodiments, the names of information and the like are not limited to the names described in the embodiments, and terms such as "information", "message", "signal", "signaling", "report", "configuration", "instruction", "command", "channel", "parameter", "field", "symbol", "codebook", "code word", "code point", "bit", "data", "program", "chip", and the like may be replaced with each other.

In some embodiments, terms such as "uplink," "physical uplink," and the like may be interchanged, terms such as "downlink," "physical downlink," and the like may be interchanged, terms such as "side," "side link," "side communication," "side link," "direct link," and the like may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, "acquire," "obtain," "receive," "transmit," "bi-directional transmit," "send and/or receive" may be used interchangeably and may be interpreted as receiving from other principals, acquiring from protocols, acquiring from higher layers, processing itself, autonomous implementation, etc.

In some embodiments, terms such as "send," "transmit," "report," "send," "transmit," "bi-directional," "send and/or receive," and the like may be used interchangeably.

In some embodiments, terms such as "time of day," "point of time," "time location," and the like may be interchanged, and terms such as "duration," "period," "time window," "time," and the like may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, terms such as "specific (specific)", "predetermined", "preset", "set", "indicated", "certain", "arbitrary", "first", and the like may be replaced with each other, and "specific a", "predetermined a", "preset a", "set a", "indicated a", "certain a", "arbitrary a", "first a" may be interpreted as a predetermined in a protocol or the like, may be interpreted as a obtained by setting, configuring, or indicating, or the like, may be interpreted as specific a, certain a, arbitrary a, or first a, or the like, but are not limited thereto.

The measurement method according to the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of step S2101 to step S2104. For example, step S2101 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S2102 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S2103 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S2104 may be implemented as an independent embodiment, step S2101 and step S2102 may be implemented as independent embodiments, step S2103 and step S2104 may be implemented as independent embodiments, step S2101 and step S2103 may be implemented as independent embodiments, and step S2102 and step S2104 may be implemented as independent embodiments, but are not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, steps S2103, S2104 are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

In some embodiments, steps S2101, S2102 are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

In some embodiments, steps S2102, S2104 are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

In some embodiments, steps S2101, S2103 are optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

In some embodiments, reference may be made to alternative implementations described before or after the description corresponding to fig. 2.

Fig. 3A is a flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the disclosure, which is applied to a terminal. As shown in fig. 3A, an embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a measurement method, the method including:

in step S3101, the terminal transmits first information.

Alternative implementations of step S3101 may refer to alternative implementations of step S2101 of fig. 2, and other relevant parts of the embodiment related to fig. 2, which are not described herein.

In step S3102, the terminal performs a first measurement on the first measurement object by using a first delay parameter to obtain a first measurement result, where the first delay parameter is used to indicate a delay requirement for measuring the first measurement object, and the delay requirement indicated by the first delay parameter is smaller than a delay requirement agreed by the communication protocol.

Alternative implementations of step S3102 may refer to alternative implementations of step S2103 of fig. 2, and other relevant parts of the embodiment related to fig. 2, which are not described herein.

The measurement method according to the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of step S3101 to step S3102. For example, step S3101 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, and step S3102 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, step S3101 is optional and step S3102 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments. But is not limited thereto.

Fig. 3B is a flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the disclosure, which is applied to a terminal. As shown in fig. 3B, an embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a measurement method, the method including:

in step S3201, the terminal performs a first measurement on the first measurement object by using a first delay parameter to obtain a first measurement result, where the first delay parameter is used to indicate a delay requirement for measuring the first measurement object, and the delay requirement indicated by the first delay parameter is smaller than a delay requirement agreed by the communication protocol.

Alternative implementations of step S3201 may refer to step S2103 of fig. 2, step S3102 of fig. 3A, and other relevant parts in the embodiments related to fig. 2 and 3A, which are not described herein.

Fig. 4A is a flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, which is applied to a network device, and as shown in fig. 4A, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to the measurement method, where the method includes:

in step S4101, the network device obtains first information.

Alternative implementations of step S4101 may refer to step S2102 in fig. 2 and other relevant parts in the embodiment related to fig. 2, which are not described herein.

In step S4102, the network device obtains a first measurement result.

Alternative implementations of step S4102 may refer to step S2104 of fig. 2 and other relevant parts in the embodiment related to fig. 2, which are not described here again.

The measurement method according to the embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of step S4101 to step S4102. For example, step S4101 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, and step S4102 may be implemented as a separate embodiment, but is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, step S4101 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

In some embodiments, step S4102 is optional, and one or more of these steps may be omitted or replaced in different embodiments.

Fig. 4B is a flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, which is applied to a network device, and as shown in fig. 4B, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to the measurement method, where the method includes:

in step S4201, the network device receives the first measurement result.

Alternative implementations of step S4201 may refer to step S2104 of fig. 2, step S4102 of fig. 4A, and other relevant parts of the embodiments related to fig. 2 and 4, which are not described herein.

And receiving a first measurement result sent by the terminal, wherein the first measurement result is obtained by the terminal performing first measurement on the first measurement object by adopting a first delay parameter, the first delay parameter is used for indicating the delay requirement for measuring the first measurement object, and the delay requirement indicated by the first delay parameter is smaller than the delay requirement agreed by the communication protocol.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first delay parameter is determined based on at least one of a first number of beam scans and a first number of sampling points.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first number of beam scans includes a number of beam scans taken by different processes of making the first measurement on the first measurement object; and/or the first sampling point number comprises the sampling point number adopted by different processes for carrying out the first measurement on the first measurement object.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, a delay requirement determined according to a number of beam scans adopted by the first process and a number of sampling points adopted by the first process in performing the first measurement on the first measurement object is smaller than a delay requirement agreed by a communication protocol corresponding to the first process.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, when the second measurement result meets the first condition, the first measurement result is obtained by performing a first measurement on the first measurement object using the first delay parameter; the second measurement result refers to a measurement result of performing a second measurement on the first cell by using a second delay parameter before performing the first measurement on the first measurement object.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first condition corresponds to a first delay parameter.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, the first delay parameter is determined based on a first number of sampling points, and the first condition corresponds to the first number of sampling points.

With reference to some embodiments of the first aspect, in some embodiments, making the first measurement on the first measurement object includes at least one of:

measurement of PSS/SSS synchronization;

acquiring measurement of SSB indexes;

measurement of neighbor cells.

and receiving first information sent by the terminal, wherein the first information is used for indicating the terminal to support first capability, and the first capability is used for reducing the time delay requirement of measuring the first measurement object.

Fig. 5 is a flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and as shown in fig. 5, the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a measurement method, where the method includes:

step S5101: the terminal adopts a first delay parameter to carry out first measurement on the first measurement object to obtain a first measurement result, the first delay parameter is used for indicating the delay requirement for measuring the first measurement object, and the delay requirement indicated by the first delay parameter is smaller than the delay requirement agreed by the communication protocol.

Step S5102: the network device receives the first measurement result.

Alternative implementations of step S5101 may refer to step S2103 of fig. 2, step S3102 of fig. 3A, and other relevant parts in the embodiments related to fig. 2 and 3A, which are not described herein.

Alternative implementations of step S5102 may refer to step S2104 of fig. 2, step S4102 of fig. 4A, and other relevant parts in the embodiments related to fig. 2 and 4A, which are not described herein.

In some embodiments, the method may include a method of the embodiments of the communication system side, the terminal side, the network device side, and so on, which is not described herein.

Fig. 6 is a flow chart of a measurement method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 6, and the embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a measurement method, where the method includes:

in step S6101, the terminal reports the capability of the terminal to receive the number of beam scans.

In some embodiments, the UE performs PSS/SSS synchronized measurements according to existing requirements, and may use a specific number of beam scans to perform measurements in subsequent SSB index acquisition (if any) and neighbor cell measurement processes, i.e., reduce the value of the parameter M;

in some embodiments, the UE performs PSS/SSS synchronized measurements and SSB index acquisition (if any) according to existing requirements, and may use a specific number of beam scans to perform measurements in subsequent neighbor cell measurements, i.e., reduce the value of parameter M.

The number of specific beam scans in the subsequent steps can be the same or different; the specific beam scanning number can be agreed by a protocol or can be configured by a network; the number of specific beam scans corresponding to different power levels may be different.

In some embodiments, the UE reports the capability of the UE to measure the number of samples

In some embodiments, the specific condition is a boundary condition (Side condition)K≥-6。

In some embodiments, in the process of executing the above-mentioned processes (1), (2) and (3), if the measured target reference signal meets the defined boundary condition, the measurement may be performed using the specific number of sampling points, that is, the value of the parameter M is reduced.

In some embodiments, the corresponding relationship between the boundary condition and the number of the specific sampling points may be agreed by a protocol, or may be configured by a network; there may be a number of boundary conditions corresponding to a number of particular sampling points.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, some or all of the steps and alternative implementations thereof may be arbitrarily combined with some or all of the steps in other embodiments, and may also be arbitrarily combined with alternative implementations of other embodiments.

The embodiments of the present disclosure also provide an apparatus for implementing any of the above methods, for example, an apparatus is provided, where the apparatus includes a unit or a module for implementing each step performed by the terminal in any of the above methods. For another example, another apparatus is also proposed, which includes a unit or module configured to implement steps performed by a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network function node, a core network device, etc.) in any of the above methods.

It should be understood that the division of each unit or module in the above apparatus is merely a division of a logic function, and may be fully or partially integrated into one physical entity or may be physically separated when actually implemented. Furthermore, units or modules in the apparatus may be implemented in the form of processor-invoked software: the device comprises, for example, a processor, the processor being connected to a memory, the memory having instructions stored therein, the processor invoking the instructions stored in the memory to perform any of the methods or to perform the functions of the units or modules of the device, wherein the processor is, for example, a general purpose processor, such as a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU) or microprocessor, and the memory is internal to the device or external to the device. Alternatively, the units or modules in the apparatus may be implemented in the form of hardware circuits, and part or all of the functions of the units or modules may be implemented by designing hardware circuits, which may be understood as one or more processors; for example, in one implementation, the hardware circuit is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and the functions of some or all of the units or modules are implemented by designing the logic relationships of elements in the circuit; for another example, in another implementation, the above hardware circuit may be implemented by a programmable logic device (programmable logic device, PLD), for example, a field programmable gate array (Field Programmable Gate Array, FPGA), which may include a large number of logic gates, and the connection relationship between the logic gates is configured by a configuration file, so as to implement the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. All units or modules of the above device may be realized in the form of invoking software by a processor, or in the form of hardware circuits, or in part in the form of invoking software by a processor, and in the rest in the form of hardware circuits.

In the disclosed embodiments, the processor is a circuit with signal processing capabilities, and in one implementation, the processor may be a circuit with instruction reading and running capabilities, such as a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), microprocessor, graphics processor (graphics processing unit, GPU) (which may be understood as a microprocessor), or digital signal processor (digital signal processor, DSP), etc.; in another implementation, the processor may implement a function through a logical relationship of hardware circuits that are fixed or reconfigurable, e.g., a hardware circuit implemented as an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a programmable logic device (programmable logic device, PLD), such as an FPGA. In the reconfigurable hardware circuit, the processor loads the configuration document, and the process of implementing the configuration of the hardware circuit may be understood as a process of loading instructions by the processor to implement the functions of some or all of the above units or modules. Furthermore, hardware circuits designed for artificial intelligence may be used, which may be understood as ASICs, such as neural network processing units (Neural Network Processing Unit, NPU), tensor processing units (Tensor Processing Unit, TPU), deep learning processing units (Deep learning Processing Unit, DPU), etc.

Fig. 7A is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 7A, the terminal 7100 may include: at least one of a transceiver module 7101, a processing module 7102, and the like. In some embodiments, the processing module 7102 is configured to measure the first cell according to a first delay parameter, to obtain a first measurement result, where the first delay parameter includes at least one of a beam scanning number and a sampling point number. Optionally, the transceiver module is configured to perform at least one of the communication steps (e.g., step S2101 but not limited thereto) such as transmission and/or reception performed by the terminal 7100 in any of the above methods, which is not described herein. Optionally, the processing module is configured to perform at least one of the other steps performed by the terminal 7100 in any of the above methods, which is not described herein.

Optionally, the processing module 7102 is configured to perform at least one of the communication steps such as the processing performed by the terminal in any of the above methods, which is not described herein.

Fig. 7B is a schematic structural diagram of a network device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 7B, the network device 7200 may include: at least one of the transceiver module 7201, the processing module 7202, and the like. In some embodiments, the transceiver module 7201 is configured to receive a first measurement result, where the first measurement result is obtained by the terminal measuring the first cell according to a first delay parameter, and the first delay parameter includes at least one of a beam scanning number and a sampling point number. Optionally, the transceiver module is configured to perform at least one of the communication steps (e.g. step S2104 but not limited thereto) of the sending and/or receiving performed by the network device 7200 in any of the above methods, which is not described herein.

Optionally, the processing module 7202 is configured to perform at least one of the communication steps such as the processing performed by the network device in any of the above methods, which is not described herein.

In some embodiments, the transceiver module may include a transmitting module and/or a receiving module, which may be separate or integrated. Alternatively, the transceiver module may be interchangeable with a transceiver.

In some embodiments, the processing module may be a single module or may include multiple sub-modules. Optionally, the plurality of sub-modules perform all or part of the steps required to be performed by the processing module, respectively. Alternatively, the processing module may be interchanged with the processor.

Fig. 8A is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device 8100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication device 8100 may be a network device (e.g., an access network device, a core network device, etc.), a terminal (e.g., a user device, etc.), a chip system, a processor, etc. that supports the network device to implement any of the above methods, or a chip, a chip system, a processor, etc. that supports the terminal to implement any of the above methods. The communication device 8100 may be used to implement the method described in the above method embodiments, and reference may be made in particular to the description of the above method embodiments.

As shown in fig. 8A, communication device 8100 includes one or more processors 8101. The processor 8101 may be a general-purpose processor or a special-purpose processor, etc., and may be, for example, a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor may be used to process communication protocols and communication data, and the central processor may be used to control communication devices (e.g., base stations, baseband chips, terminal devices, terminal device chips, DUs or CUs, etc.), execute programs, and process data for the programs. The communication device 8100 is configured to perform any of the above methods.

In some embodiments, communication device 8100 also includes one or more memory 8102 for storing instructions. Alternatively, all or part of memory 8102 may be external to communication device 8100.

In some embodiments, communication device 8100 also includes one or more transceivers 8103. When the communication device 8100 includes one or more transceivers 8103, the transceivers 8103 perform at least one of the communication steps (e.g., but not limited to, step S2101, step S2102, step S2103, step S2104) of transmission and/or reception in the above-described method.

In some embodiments, the transceiver may include a receiver and/or a transmitter, which may be separate or integrated. Alternatively, terms such as transceiver, transceiver unit, transceiver circuit, etc. may be replaced with each other, terms such as transmitter, transmitter circuit, etc. may be replaced with each other, and terms such as receiver, receiving unit, receiver, receiving circuit, etc. may be replaced with each other.

In some embodiments, communication device 8100 may include one or more interface circuits 8104. Optionally, an interface circuit 8104 is coupled to the memory 8102, the interface circuit 8104 being operable to receive signals from the memory 8102 or other device, and being operable to transmit signals to the memory 8102 or other device. For example, the interface circuit 8104 may read instructions stored in the memory 8102 and send the instructions to the processor 8101.

The communication device 8100 in the above embodiment description may be a network device or a terminal, but the scope of the communication device 8100 described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device 8100 may not be limited by fig. 8A. The communication device may be a stand-alone device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be: 1) A stand-alone integrated circuit IC, or chip, or a system-on-a-chip or subsystem; (2) A set of one or more ICs, optionally including storage means for storing data, programs; (3) an ASIC, such as a Modem (Modem); (4) modules that may be embedded within other devices; (5) A receiver, a terminal device, an intelligent terminal device, a cellular phone, a wireless device, a handset, a mobile unit, a vehicle-mounted device, a network device, a cloud device, an artificial intelligent device, and the like; (6) others, and so on.

Fig. 8B is a schematic structural diagram of a chip 8200 according to an embodiment of the disclosure. For the case where the communication device 8100 may be a chip or a chip system, reference may be made to a schematic structural diagram of the chip 8200 shown in fig. 8B, but is not limited thereto.

The chip 8200 includes one or more processors 8201, the chip 8200 being configured to perform any of the above methods.

In some embodiments, the chip 8200 further comprises one or more interface circuits 8202. Optionally, an interface circuit 8202 is coupled to the memory 8203, the interface circuit 8202 may be configured to receive signals from the memory 8203 or other device, and the interface circuit 8202 may be configured to transmit signals to the memory 8203 or other device. For example, the interface circuit 8202 may read instructions stored in the memory 8203 and send the instructions to the processor 8201.

In some embodiments, the interface circuit 8202 performs at least one of the sending and/or receiving communication steps of the methods described above, and the processor 8201 performs at least one of the other steps.

In some embodiments, the terms interface circuit, interface, transceiver pin, transceiver, etc. may be interchanged.

In some embodiments, chip 8200 further includes one or more memories 8203 for storing instructions. Alternatively, all or part of the memory 8203 may be external to the chip 8200.

The present disclosure also proposes a storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed on a communication device 8100, cause the communication device 8100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the storage medium is an electronic storage medium. Alternatively, the storage medium described above is a computer-readable storage medium, but is not limited thereto, and it may be a storage medium readable by other devices. Alternatively, the above-described storage medium may be a non-transitory (non-transitory) storage medium, but is not limited thereto, and it may also be a transitory storage medium.

The present disclosure also proposes a program product which, when executed by a communication device 8100, causes the communication device 8100 to perform any of the above methods. Optionally, the above-described program product is a computer program product.

The present disclosure also proposes a computer program which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform any of the above methods.

Claims

1. A method of measurement, the method being performed by a terminal, the method comprising:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first delay parameter comprises a delay parameter employed by a different process of making a first measurement on the first measurement object.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first delay parameter is determined based on at least one of a first number of beam scans and a first number of sampling points.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the step of,

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of determining the position of the first electrode is performed,

and in the first measurement of the first measurement object, the time delay requirement determined according to the number of beam scanning adopted in the first process and the number of sampling points adopted in the first process is smaller than the time delay requirement agreed by the communication protocol corresponding to the first process.

6. A method according to claim 3, wherein said performing a first measurement on the first measurement object using the first delay parameter to obtain a first measurement result comprises:

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the first condition corresponds to the first delay parameter.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first delay parameter is determined based on the first number of sampling points, and wherein the first condition corresponds to the first number of sampling points.

9. The method according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the first condition comprises:

10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein said making a first measurement of a first measurement object comprises at least one of the following processes:

measurement of primary synchronization signal PSS/secondary synchronization signal SSS synchronization;

Acquiring measurement of SSB indexes of a synchronous signal block;

measurement of neighbor cells.

11. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 10, further comprising:

12. A method of measurement, the method comprising:

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the first delay parameter comprises a delay parameter employed by a different process of making a first measurement on the first measurement object.

14. The method according to claim 12 or 13, wherein the first delay parameter is determined based on at least one of a first number of beam scans and a first number of sampling points.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the first number of beam scans comprises a number of beam scans taken by different processes for making a first measurement on the first measurement object; and/or the first sampling point number comprises the sampling point number adopted by different processes for carrying out first measurement on the first measurement object.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein a delay requirement determined from a number of beam scans used in a first process and a number of sampling points used in the first process in performing a first measurement on the first measurement object is less than a delay requirement agreed by a communication protocol corresponding to the first process.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the first measurement result is obtained by performing a first measurement on the first measurement object using the first delay parameter when the second measurement result satisfies a first condition; the second measurement result refers to a measurement result of performing a second measurement on the first cell by using a second delay parameter before performing a first measurement on the first measurement object.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the first condition corresponds to the first delay parameter.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the first delay parameter is determined based on the first number of samples, and wherein the first condition corresponds to the first number of samples.

20. The method according to any one of claims 17 to 19, wherein,

the first condition includes:

21. The method according to any one of claims 12 to 20, wherein,

the making of the first measurement on the first measurement object includes at least one of:

measurement of PSS/SSS synchronization;

acquiring measurement of SSB indexes;

measurement of neighbor cells.

22. The method according to claim 21 or 22, characterized in that the method further comprises:

23. A method of measurement, the method comprising:

The network device receives the first measurement result.

24. A terminal, the terminal comprising:

25. A network device, the network device comprising:

26. A terminal, the terminal comprising:

one or more processors;

wherein the terminal is adapted to perform the measurement method of any one of claims 1 to 11.

27. A network device, the network device comprising:

One or more processors;

wherein the network device is adapted to perform the measurement method of any one of claims 12 to 24.

28. A communication system comprising a terminal configured to implement the measurement method of any one of claims 1 to 11 and a network device configured to implement the measurement method of any one of claims 12 to 24.

29. A storage medium storing instructions that, when executed on a communications device, cause the communications device to perform the measurement method of any one of claims 1 to 11 or to perform the measurement method of any one of claims 12 to 24.